Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Jun 2005 20:46:59 +0100 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: [RCF] Linux memory error handling |
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On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 04:26:13PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Russ Anderson wrote: > > Memory DIMM information & settings: > > > > Use a /proc/dimm_info interface to pass DIMM information to Linux. > > Hardware vendors could add their hardware specific settings. > > I'd recommend a more generic name rather than "dimm_info" if that is to > be reused universally.
Agree.
I'd also suggest that there be some method to tell the kernel from architecture code about this "dimm_info" stuff - many embedded platforms already know their memory organisation.
BTW, Russ, could we have a better description of what information is intended to be supplied?
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